Word: spittooned
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...benches and cots in railroad boxcars and a special 1?-a-mile hobo rail rate, applauded King Davis when he thumped for enforcement of the 14th Amendment "so that a hobo can go anywhere in this country without being pinched for being broke." Keynoted he: "We're not spittoon philosophers. . . . We got 815,000 American members now. . . . Half have got jobs and are making dough. A hobo isn't a stemmer; he begs only when he has to. He don't hit the smoke like floaters do, and when he drinks he drinks good liquor. Columbus...
...back in England, her nearly native land, Elinor Glyn is an old lady, with two grandsons at Eton, but her hair has not yet turned grey. Her London drawing room has tiger skins galore, not one spittoon. Ending her romantic memories on a mystic note of hope, she says she confidently expects the Millennium, has made a wonderful discovery, which she uncorks in her final sentence: "God's in His Heaven-all's right with the World...
John Lewis thought he might make A. F. of L. reflect his way of thinking. He and one or two other "progressives" found themselves monotonously snowed under by Green & Co. Last week's resignation came as a surprise to few followers of U. S. Labor Movement's spittoon politics...
...jurors observed President Ned Depinet of RKO Distributing Corp., President George Schaefer of Paramount Pictures Distributing Co. and Warner Brothers' sleek little President Harry Warner who found it hard to conceal his chagrin when excited Lawyer Reed mistook his hat, which had fallen on the floor, for a spittoon, used it accordingly...
...down. His second speech in two years was completed. Majority Leader Robinson and two dozen other Senators made their way back to his desk, crowded around him, pumped his hand, almost upset his spittoon in their excited congratulations...